Episode 30: Classroom essentials

Bonjour! In today's episode, we will go over Nasal vowels (for that quintessential French sound) We will be going over the following: - [ ɔ̃ ]   Written ON or OM (if preceding the letter B or P) - [ ɑ̃ ]   Written AN/EN or AM/EM (if preceding the letter B or P) - [ ɛ̃ ]    Written AIN/EIN/IN/UN or AIM/EIM/IM/UM (if preceding the letter B or P) Note: I did not go over the 4th nasal vowel [ œ̃ ] as its similarities with [ ɛ̃ ] require a whole other lesson. Allons-y!

Bonjour! Today we will go over some classroom essentials, which will help you understand what your teacher/tutor is asking of you: -Qu'est ce que ça veut dire?                              (what does this mean?) -On à compris / vous avez compris?              (Do you understand?) -Allez, on répète!                                                    (come on, let's repeat!) -Et maintenant, en français.                              (and now, in french) -épelez, s'il-vous-plait                                          (spell, please.)           Allons-y!

Bonjour! Today we learn how to ask people their name, going from less formal to more formal. They all translate to "what is your name?" Comment tu t'appelles?                           (informal) Comment t'appelles-tu?                          (slightly more formal) Comment vous appellez-vous?             (very formal) Allons-y!

Bonjour! Today we will learn the name of the seasons and how to talk about the weather. -Hiver                   (Winter) -Printemps         (Spring) -été                       (summer) -Automne           (Fall/autumn) -Il fait chaud        (it's hot) -Il fait froid           (It's cold) -Il pleut                  (it's raining) -Il neige                 (it's snowing) Allons-y!

Bonjour! In today's episode we learn how to tell the time using specific phrases like we do in English: - Et quart (quarter past)              2:15         Deux heures et quart -Et Demie (half past)                    2:30        Deux heures et demie -Moins vingt (twenty to)              2:40        Trois heures moins vingt -Moins le quart (quarter to)        2:45        Trois heures moins le quart -Moins dix (ten to)                         2:50        Trois heures moins dix -Moins cinq (five to)                      2:55        Trois heures moins cinq Allons-y!

Bonjour! In today's episode we learn to count from 100 to a 1000 000 000! 100 Cent 1000 Mille 10 000 dix mille 100 000 Cent Mille 1000 000 un million 10 000 000 dix millions 100 000 000 Cent millions 1000 000 000 Un milliard Allons-y!

Bonjour! In today's episode we learn how to count from 20 to 69. 20 vingt 21 vingt-et-un 22 vingt-deux 30 trente 31 trente-et-un 32 trente-deux 40 Quarante 50 Cinquante 60 soixante 69 soixante-neuf Allons-y!

Today we close out the year by learning how to wish people a happy new year: Bonne année! Allons-y!

Bonjour! In this episode we learn how to wish people Happy Holidays and a Merry Christmas: -Bonnes fêtes! (Happy Holidays) -Joyeux Noël! (Merry christmas) Allons-y!

Bonjour! In this episode we go through the 12 months of the year, from January to December: -Janvier -Février -Mars -Avril -Mai -Juin -Juillet -Août -Septembre -Octobre -Novembre -Décembre Allons-y!